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Better’s US Zoom firings leave 1,000 more workers in India
The geographic shift, which effectively added 1,000 employees in India, could help Better.com stave off a downturn that’s left the company with declining revenue and higher expenses as it prepares to go public. ...
Tesla's Musk donated over $5.5 billion to charity in Nov: Filing
Late last year, the billionaire sold $16.4 billion worth of shares after polling Twitter users about offloading 10% of his stake in the electric-car maker. ...
Squeaky-clean Rishi Sunak tipped as UK's first Hindu PM
It would mark a historic landmark, for a descendant of immigrants from Britain's old empire in India and East Africa, to take command of the world's fifth largest economy. ...
Fuel prices in Britain hit new record high
Petrol price hit an average of 148.02 pence ($2) per litre, while diesel costs an average of 151.57 pence per litre, both exceeding the previous records set in November 2021 ...
Canada PM Justin Trudeau invokes emergency powers to quell protests
For the past two weeks, hundreds and sometimes thousands of protesters in trucks and other vehicles have clogged the streets of the capital Ottawa. ...
United States offers Ukraine a loan guarantee of up to $1 billion
"This offer ...will bolster Ukraine's ability to ensure economic stability, growth, and prosperity for its people in the face of Russia's destabilizing behavior," Blinken said in a statement. ...
Trump's longtime accounting firm cuts ties, says cannot stand behind statements: Filing
Mazars USA, in a Feb. 9 letter made public on Monday, told the Trump Organization, the former president's New York-based real estate business, that its financial statements for 2011 through 2020 should no longer be relied on. ...
Deltacron, earlier touted as lab error, might be real - What we know about the ...
Health officials in the UK have identified a patient diagnosed with both Delta and Omicron at the same time. A source at the UK Health Security Agency insisted officials were "not concerned" by the variant because case numbers are "low" ...
US asks Honduras to arrest and extradite ex-President Juan Orlando Hern�ndez to face unspecified charges
US asks Honduras to arrest and extradite ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández to face unspecified charges ...
UN adviser stresses support for reconciliation in Libya
TRIPOLI, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Adviser to the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General for Libya, Stephanie Williams, on Monday stressed the UN support for the
US asks Honduras to arrest, extradite ex-President Hernández
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States has asked Honduras to arrest former President Juan Orlando Hernández for his eventual extradition to the U.S., officials confirmed Monday. Honduras’ foreign affairs ministry initially said via Twitter that it had notified
Marco Rubio warns of unprecedented cyber war between US and Russia if Ukraine invaded
Moscow has already been accused of hacking Ukraine throughout the escalating crisis
US says attacks in vicinity of embassy in Kabul
KABUL: The area around the US embassy in Kabul was targeted in the multiple attacks on the diplomatic
Japan's police renew hunt for militants wanted since 1970s
TOKYO: Tokyo police on Monday stepped up the hunt for members of the Japanese Red Army wanted for their alleged role in attacks in the 1970s and 1980s, releasing a video with images of the aging militants that warned the “case” was not over yet. The video
‘Massive scandal’: Mainstream media criticised for not covering Clinton ‘corruption’ scandal
The mainstream media has been criticised for not actively pursuing allegations the Hillary Clinton presidential
Police surround house of ex-Honduran president after U.S. seeks extradition
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Scholz flies to Moscow in bid to avert war
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USA warns Russia of 'severe consequences' if it invades Ukraine
The Biden Administration has warned Russia of severe consequences in case its forces invade Ukraine and insisted on a diplomatic solution to the issue. We are actively working to reach a diplomatic solution to de-escalate the crisis. Over the weekend, as you
Myanmar says it won’t attend ASEAN foreign ministers meeting
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar will not participate in this week’s meetings in Cambodia of foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, spurning an invitation to send a non-political representative instead of its chief diplomat, its government
UN: Horn of Africa drought kills+ over 1.5 million livestock
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Drought in the Horn of Africa has killed more than 1.5 million livestock and drastically cut cereal production, “and we are most definitely now sitting on the brink of catastrophe,” a senior official for the U.N. Food and Agriculture
Canada 10, China 8
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‘Tired’ Valieva to skate at Olympics after doping ruling
BEIJING (AP) — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was worn out after a grueling doping hearing ended with her being allowed to skate Tuesday in the women’s short program at the Beijing Olympics. The 15-year-old Valieva is the overwhelming favorite for
UN: Horn of Africa drought kills over 1.5 million livestock
Drought in the Horn of Africa has
Myanmar says it won't attend ASEAN foreign ministers meeting
Myanmar will not participate in this
Olympics Live: Goggia won't win 2nd straight downhill title
The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics: ...
Gehraiyaan: OAFF’s Bollywood debut in Deepika Padukone’s Gehraiyaan has given India reason to celebrate local ...
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Russian lawmakers ask Putin to recognise breakaway Ukraine regions
New Delhi: Russian lawmakers will on Tuesday adopt resolutions calling on President Vladimir Putin to formally recognise the separatist-held regions of eastern Ukraine as independent states, The Moscow Times reported. Russia’s Communist Party had
Russia, holding military drills near Ukraine, says ties with US�‘on the floor’
Russia's navy held anti-submarine drills in the Black Sea on Monday as fighter jets patrolled its border with ally Belarus in the latest displays of heightened military activity close to Ukraine. The United States on Sunday said
